Category: L

Lat. An attempted partnership, in which one party was to bear all the losses, and have no share in the profits. This was a void partnership in Roman law; and, apparently, it

1. One of the arbitrary marks or characters constituting the alphabet, and used in written language as the representatives of sounds or articulations of the human organs of speech. Several of the

Lex scripta si cesset, id custodiri oportet quod moribus et consuetudine inductum est; et, si qua in re hoc de- fecerit, tunc id quod proxiwuin et con- sequens ei est; et, si

An ancient writ whereby the king commanded the justices in eyre to admit of an attorney for the defense of another’s liberty. Reg. Orig. 19.

Lat License; l ave; permission.

A qualified right of property which a creditor has in or over specific property of his debtor, as security for the debt or charge or for performance of some act. In every

A small vessel used in loading and unloading ships and steamers. The Mamie (D. C.) 5 Fed. SIS; Reed v. Ingham, 20 Eng. Law & Eq. 107.

That which comes in a line; especially a direct line, as from father to son. Collateral relationship is not called “lineal,” though the expression “collateral line,” is not unusual.

In English ecclesiastical law. one who qualifies himself for holy orders by presenting himself as a person accomplished iu classical learning, etc., not as a graduate of Oxford, Cambridge, etc.

Belonging to the shore, as of seas and great lakes. Webster. Corre- sponding to riparian proprietors on a stream or small pond are littoral proprietors on a sea or lake. But “riparian”

To ascertain and fix the position of something, the place of which was be- fore uncertain or not manifest; as to locate the calls in a deed. To decide upon the place

One who occupies hired apartments in another’s house; a tenant of part of another’s house. A tenant, with the right of exclusive possession of a part of a house, the landlord, by

whole peerage, as In the expression “the house of lords.” 1 Bl. Comm. 396-iOO. A title of office, as lord mayor, lord commissioner, etc. In feudal law. A feudal superior or proprietor

Lat. In Roman law. A consideration which is voluntary; that is to say, a gratuitous gift, or such like. It was opposed to oncrosa causa, which denoted a valuable consideration. It was

Casting any corrupt or poisonous thing into the water. Wharton.

The. The definite article in the feminine gender. Occurs in some legal terms and phrases; as “Termes de la Leg,” terms of the law.

In English law. The title belonging to the wife of a peer, and (by courtesy) the wife of a baronet or knight, and also to any woman, married or sole, whose father

A roadway in a wood. Mon. Angl. t 1, p. 483.

poods, they, as well as the patent searchers, are to certify the shipping thereof on the debentures. Enc. Lond.

Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech, or the expression of ideas by written characters. The letter, or grammatical im- port, of a document or instrument, as distinguished from